Tokyo Bekana Chinese Cabbage - Organic

Brassica rapa (chinensis group)
(20 days baby, 45 days full size) Open-pollinated. These pale green baby Chinese cabbages may be bunched for market or their ruffled curled lettucy leaves cut to add loft and weight to salad mixes. Bekana will regrow for multiple cuttings and branch out, giving lots of edible leaves with very little coarse stalk. Lacy, mild, sweet, a bit like lettuce but never bitter and makes a good slaw. Adam Tomash seeded his on July 6 for a late Aug.–Sept. harvest. It could be sowed later and, with protection, produce into late fall. But Bryan O’Hara says not as winter-hardy as Mizuna or Tatsoi. Thin to 4–6" for full “heads.” ③

This item is certified organic

3222 Tokyo Bekana -

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B: 1/8oz for $4.00		New catalog listings coming in late November
C: 1/2oz for $6.00		New catalog listings coming in late November
D: 1oz for $10.00		New catalog listings coming in late November
E: 4oz for $26.00		New catalog listings coming in late November
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Additional Information

Chinese Cabbage

About 6,000-9,000 seeds/oz.

Asian Greens

All open-pollinated except where noted.
Days to maturity are from emergence after sowing; from transplant, subtract 20 days.

Culture: Wire hoops and row cover keep out flea beetles and are a must for pristine salad or braising mixes!

Diseases:

ALTS: Alternaria Leaf Spot
BL: Black Leg
Black Rot
BSR: Bacterial Soft Rot
DM: Downy Mildew

Major pests: Cabbage Looper, Diamondback Moth, Imported Cabbageworm
Cultural controls: control cabbage-family weeds near crop fields, till under crop debris of early-season brassicas after harvest.
Material controls: Spinosad, Bt.

Pest: Flea Beetle
Cultural controls: floating row covers, mulch with straw, time plantings for fall harvested crops only, crop rotation, perimeter trap cropping.
Material controls: Spinosad, Pyganic.

Pest: Cabbage Root Maggot
Cultural controls: time planting to avoid first hatching, use row covers, control weeds.

Major diseases: Black Rot, Alternaria Leaf Spot, Blackleg, Club Root, Downy Milldew, White Mold
Cultural controls: avoid transplanting plants with yellow leaves or v-shaped lesions, crop rotation, destroy crop debris after harvest, avoid overhead irrigation, control weeds, allow for good air movement.
Material controls: Copper.

Note: because of a rule issued by Oregon, we cannot ship brassica packets larger than ½ oz. (14 grams) into the Willamette Valley, except those that have tested negative for Black Leg and Black Rot. Check descriptions for information.

Germination Testing

For the latest results of our germination tests, please see the germination page.

Our Seeds are Non-GMO

All of our seeds are non-GMO, and free of neonicotinoids and fungicides. Fedco is one of the original companies to sign the Safe Seed Pledge.